Genealogies of Identity

Interdisciplinary Readings on Sex and Sexuality
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-420-1758-0
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries

Genealogies of Identity examines issues of sex and sexuality across a range of critical and cultural perspectives. The volume considers historically specific discourses of sex and sexuality, their effect within public contexts such as the church and the workplace, and the link of those discourses to understandings of individual identity, citizenship, nation, and human rights. As well, the volume analyses representations of sexuality and desire in art, literature, theatre, and theory – representations that serve both to codify and to subvert social norms and aesthetic and theoretical traditions. Finally and more broadly, the volume attests to the critical importance of inter- and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding constructions of gender, sex, and sexuality. Genealogies of Identity consists of fifteen essays, versions of which were presented at the First Global Conference on Critical Issues in Sexuality, held in Salzburg, Austria, in October 2004.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sönser Breen, Margaret

Peters, Fiona

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures
Margaret SÖNSER BREEN with Fiona PETERS: Preface
PART I: History, Sex, and Nation
Robert D. TOBIN: Kertbeny’s “Homosexuality” and the Language of Nationalism
Julia BRUGGEMANN: Prostitution, Sexuality, and Gender Roles in Imperial Germany: Hamburg, A Case Study
Susanne DODILLET: Cultural Clash on Prostitution: Debates on Prostitution in Germany and Sweden in the 1990s
Ed GREEN: “Staying Bush” – The Influence of Place and Isolation in the Decision by Gay Men to Live in Rural Areas in Australia
PART II: Literature: Re-writing Desire
Katerina KITSI-MITAKOU: Whoring, Incest, Duplicity, or the “Self- Polluting” Erotics of Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders
Karoline GRITZNER: Catastrophic Sexualities in Howard Baker’s Theatre of Transgression
Shalmalee PALEKAR: Un-sacred Cows and Protean Beings: Suniti Namjoshi’s Re-writing of Postcolonial Lesbian Bodies
Fiona PETERS: Desire-less-ness
PART III: Bodies: Representations of Gender Identities
Barbara WAGNER: Underneath the Clothes – Transvestites without Vests: A Consideration in Art
Tovi BIBRING: Of Swords and Rings: Genital Representation as Defining Sexual Identity and Sexual Liberation in Some Old French Fabliaux and Lais
Serena PETRELLA: Only with You – Maybe – If You Make Me Happy: A Genealogy of Serial Monogamy as Governance Self-Governance
PART IV: Legality, Bureaucracy, Religion, and Sexuality
Alejandro CERVANTES-CARSON and Tracy CITERONI: A Project for Sexual Rights: Sexuality, Power, and Human Rights
Valerie D. LEHR: International Law, Children’s Rights, and Queer Youth
Nick RUMENS: Acting Like a Professional: Identity Dilemmas for Gay Men
Jodi O’BRIEN: How Big is Your God? Queer Christian Social Movements
Notes on Contributors